Detachable casket-handle



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. L. H. BANNISTER. DETAGHABLE GASKET HANDLE,

No. 520,015. Patented May 15,1894.

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LOUIS H. BANNISTER, OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

DETACHABLE. CASKET-HAN DLE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No.520,015, dated May 15, 1894.

Application filed February 2, 1 8 9 3.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS I-I. BANNISTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Gasket-Handling Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide improvements in means for attaching handles to a casket and detaching them therefrom.

A further object of my invention is to provideimproved means whereby the casket may be lowered and the lowering straps detached from the casket with great ease.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective rear view of my imcasket. Fig. 2 is a vertical mid-sectional view of the handle attached to a fragment of a castion. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalmid-sectional view of a fragment of a casket with a fragment of one form of my improved lowering device in place upon the stud. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one form of my improved lowering device with a fragment of the lowering strap attached. Fig. 5 is a sectional View on line y-y Fig. 3, looking down. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the stud complete, also showing a View of the nut removed from the bolt. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of another form of device embodying my invention. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the lowering device designed for use with the handle attaching staple shown in Fig. 7.

My invention embraces a casket handling apparatus comprising catches secured to the casket; carrying handles provided,respectively with a catch adapted and arranged to grapple the catches upon the casket to enable the casket to be elevated thereby, and respectively arranged to be detached from such casket catches; and lowering handles comprising respectively a lowering line or strap provided with a catch adapted and arranged to grapple the catch upon the casket to enable the casket to be elevated or lowered thereby and respectively arranged to be detached from such casket catch.

My invention also comprises a detachable Serial No. 460,722. (No model.)

handle for caskets consisting of an escutch eon plate provided on one side with the carrying handle and provided upon its other side with an upwardly opening recess adapted to receive the head of a catch such as a stud or a staple and provided with a friction spring and clamp adapted to clutch such stud or staple when in place within the recess and to prevent the accidental withdrawal of such stud or staple from the recess.

My invention also comprises other features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth.

Itwill be understood by those versed in the art that each casket is provided on each side with a number of catches to receive the interchangeable carrying and lowering handles and it is deemed only necessary to show the parts in detail without adding an illustration showing an entire casket with all the parts of the apparatus together.

In the drawings I have shown several forms of certain features of my invention and the parts which are similar to each other in the different figures are indicated by the same letter with the addition of an indice.

In Fig. 2 A indicates the casket catch which consists of a stud permanently secured to the casket B. 0 indicates the detachable catch arranged to grapple the casket catch A. This catch 0 also appears in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 6 the casket catch A consists of several parts which are more fully described hereinafter.

In Figs? and 8 the catch consists of asta ple A" permanently secured to the casket B.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the catch plate is lettered O. In the form shown in Figs. 3 and at it is lettered O and in the form shown in Fig. 7 it is lettered O. In the form shown in Fig. 8 it is marked 0". p

I do not limit myself in my claims to any special form of such detachable catch and have therefore illustrated several forms there- ICC the insertion of the head of the stud between the catch plate and the escutcheon plate. In Fig. 1 the plate which forms the catch plate is bent to form the side walls D which secure the catch plate to the escutcheon plate. D D in Fig.4 are the equivalents of D in Fig.1.

The catch which is designed for the detachable handle is provided with an escutcheon plateE which chambers the catch plate 0 and the frame D. This escutcheon plate is provided with thecarryinghandle-pivoting ears or lugs e to which the carrying handle F is pivoted. A friction clamp spring G is arranged in the recess 01 to press toward the catch plate 0 so as to clamp the flange or head of the stud when the handle is attached as in Fig. 2. The spring catch G is provided with an offset g to fit against the head of the stud to insure against accidental withdrawal. To attach the handle to the casket it is placed with the spring G against the head of the stud A and pushed against the stud to depress the spring and allow the neck of the stud to slide into the slot 0 (0) with the head of flange a." a in the recess d. When the escutcheon plate and catch are forced upward until the stud is fully set within the slot and recess the stud becomes secured by the spring as indicated in Fig. 2. The handle is thus secured to the casket and will so remain until purposely detached by an opposite downward movement.

The form of the detachable catch shown in Fig. 4 is designed for the lowering handle or strap. The parts shown correspond to similar parts shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and are indicated with similar letters with distinguishing indices and the strap plate E is secured to the lowering strap F by suitable means such as the rivet e. a

When it is desired to lower the casket, the detachable carrying handle F with its escutcheon plate E and the catch Ois detached from the casket by a forcible downward movement; sufficient force being exerted to cause the head of the stud A to force back the spring G thus to allow the withdrawal of the catch plate 0 from the stud. Then the lowering handle catch 0 is engaged with the stud as shown in Fig. 3 and by pulling up on the strap F it is brought fully into place and is thus made secure against removal so long as the strain is upward. When the casket has come to rest after being lowered, the lowering strap F is allowed to slacken thus allowing the lowering catch O (O') to slip down from ofl the stud, thus releasing the catch from the stud and allowing thelowering strap to be drawn up. The form of stud which I deem preferable is illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 and consists of a main bolt or, provided with a head Ct at one end and having its body angular in part of its length and provided with screw threads at the end of the body opposite the head; a washer a adapted to fit against the wall of the casket, and the screw-threaded stud nut comprising the flange or head a arranged to enter the recess cl and engage the catch plate and the collar a' arranged to engage the washer and provide a catch plate receiving space between the washer and the flange of the nut when the washer and nut are in place upon the bolt A inserted through the wall of the casket.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the bolt of the catch stud is provided with the bearing shoulder or flange a which corresponds to the flange a of the nut shown in Figs. 5 and 6 and is provided with a bearing shoulder a which corresponds with the collar a shown in Figs. 5 and 6 and the bolt is secured in place by a plain nut 2. The flanged head a is arranged outside of such bearing shoulder and at a distance therefrom, and the washer is arranged between the bearing shoulder and the walls of the casket.

In the forms shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the casket catch A consists of a staple which is I secured to the casket by suitable 'means such as the nut 3 and the detachable catch consists of a plain hook O" (C) which is adapted to hook into the staple. The catch spring G is arranged to press against the staple and to hold it in place against accidental displacement in the same manner in which the spring G presses against the stud in the other form shown. The operation is substantially identical with all forms shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 7 and the operations of using the several forms shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 8 are substantially the same.

H indicates a buffing of chamois skin or other suitable material secured to the escutcheon plate to protect the finish of the casket. Thisis omitted from Figs. 1 and 2 for clearness of illustration.

The escutcheon plate serves the double office of concealing the catches and providing a broad bearing support to give strength and firmness to the support of the carrying handle.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A casket handling apparatus comprising a catch secured to the casket a carrying handle provided with a catch adapted and ar ranged to grapple the catch upon the casket to be handled thereby, and arranged to be detached from such casket catch; and a lowerin g handle comprising a lowering line or strap provided with a catch adapted and arranged to grapple the catch upon the casket to be handled thereby, and arranged to be detached from such casket catch.

2. The combination of the casket catch consisting of a stud or staple, the detachable handling device set forth provided with the upwardly opening recess adapted and arranged to receive and seat the head of such stud or staple.

3. The detachable casket handling device set forth having its escutcheon plate provided with the upwardly opening recess adapted to receive the head of a catch such as the stud or staple andprovided with a friction spring IIO the stud passing there-through and provided adapted to clutch such stud or staple when in side of such bearing shoulder at a distance 10 place within the recess and arranged to pretherefrom and the washer arranged between vent accidental downward movement of the the wall of the casket and such bearing shoulescuteheon with relation to the catch. der.

4. The eombmatlon of the wall of the casket; LOUIS BANNISTER.

with a bearing shoulder arranged to engage Witnesses:

a washer; the flanged head of greater diame- JAMES R. TOWNSEND,

ter than the bearing shoulder arranged out- 1 ALFRED I. TOWNSEND. 

